Fwd: Whooping Cough. Vaccines. Australia

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More bull-feathers from the media. We have a vaccine that isn't working but the outbreak is not related to an ineffective vaccine - it's related to the fewer than 5% of parents who choose not to vaccinate (according to government statistics). And interesting that they have picked out Western Sydney as having 'significant outbreaks' when Western Sydney has one of the highest vaccination rates in the country - I believe it is the second highest in NSW just behind the Hunter Area Health Service region which also had 'significant outbreaks'. In fact, the whole bloody country had 'significant outbreaks, seeing the rate of whooping cough explode from a low of 318 cases in 1989-1990 (when vaccination was 71%) to a high last year of just under 30,000 cases with a vaccination rate of 95.1%. An increase in incidence of more than 50 times. Great job vaccine. Great job of covering up the truth, Australian media. The drug companies knew they could count on you to still point the finger of blame at those informed and caring parents who chose not to vaccinate rather than putting the blame right where it lays - with the vaccine that simply isn't working. Yes, your advertising revenue will be safe - shame about the health of your readers' children, though...My biggest concern at this point is that the government is going to try cost cutting (the acellular shot costs significantly more than the whole cell vaccine which is still being produced by CSL Pty Ltd) and will use this as an excuse to reintroduce the old mercury-laden whole cell vaccine. After all - it is SO much more effective - NOT! Begin forwarded message:From: TLAutStudy@...

First they say the vaccine is ineffective and then they say the parents caused the increase in the number of cases

What the hell is wrong with these jerks?

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http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/whooping-cough-strain-now-immune-to-vaccine/story-e6freuy9-1225828959714

Last Updated: February 14, 2010

Whooping cough strain now immune to vaccine

By Danny Rose From: The Daily Telegraph

February 11, 2010 12:00 AM

THE bacteria that causes whooping cough has mutated, eroding the protection provided by the vaccine now given to children, scientists warned yesterday. University of NSW researchers have identified significant changes in the two most common strains of the bordetella pertussis bacteria, which they also traced back to events in the late 1990s.Australian children were given a broad-acting "whole cell" vaccination against whooping cough up to 1997, but this was phased out over two years and replaced with a more targeted version.Concerns over potential side-effects were behind the change to a vaccine with a narrower scope, but this now appears to have contributed to the promotion of resistant strains."A key issue is that the whole cell vaccine contained hundreds of antigens, which gave broad protection against many strains of pertussis," UNSW School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences associate professor Ruiting Lan said."But the (targeted) acellular vaccine contains only three to five antigens. Our findings suggest that the use of the acellular vaccine may be one factor contributing to these genetic changes."The research team analysed more than 200 samples of the bacterium collected over the past 40 years in Australia and compared them with samples from Japan, Canada, USA and Finland.They found while the vaccine now in use was effective against some of the strains circulating in Australia it may no longer protect against two strains, known as MT27 and MT70.Dr Lan said more research was needed to confirm the results but health authorities may need to modify the vaccine to broaden the protection it offered.Whooping cough cases are on the rise in Australia, with several significant outbreaks seen last year in western Sydney.Protection against whooping cough is contained in childhood vaccinations which, in NSW, are usually given to infants.Parents who opt out of this child vaccination process were thought to have contributed to the rise in cases.

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